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English
Etymology
From scrap + heap.
Pronunciation
Noun
scrapheap (plural scrapheaps)
- A pile in which junk is discarded.
1962 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Modern Railways, page 423:By Easter, "Princess Royal" Pacifics Nos. 46211/2 were in the scrap line at Crewe works and Nos. 46204/5/7/10 were gathered at Crewe South shed, no doubt to follow to the scrapheap.
- A junkyard.
- (figuratively) A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas.
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